Bubbling insights: unveiling the true sophorolipid biosynthetic pathway by Starmerella bombicola by Sophie L. K. W. Roelants, Stijn Bovijn, Elvira Bytyqi, Nicolas de Fooz, Goedele Luyten, Martijn Castelein, Thibo Van de Craen, Zhoujian Diao, Karolien Maes, Tom Delmulle, Maarten De Mol, Sofie L. De Maeseneire, Bart Devreese, Wim K. Soetaert

“…Results Recently, Starmerella bombicola strains developed and evaluated in the past were reevaluated unveiling unexpected findings. …”
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Peer-based Retention Of people who Use Drugs in Rural Research (PROUD-R2): a multisite, randomised, 12-month trial to compare efficacy of standard versus peer-based approaches to r... by Morgan Brown, Miriam R Elman, Jodi Lapidus, April M Young, Kathryn E Lancaster, Sarann Bielavitz, Ryan R Cook, Gillian Leichtling, Edward Freeman, Angela T Estadt, Rhonda Alexander, Caiti Barrie, Kandi Conn, Rhody Elzaghal, Lisa Maybrier, Renee McDowell, Cathy Neal, Elizabeth N Waddell, P Todd Korthuis

“…People who are 18 years or older, reside in the study area and either used opioids or injected any drug to get high in the past 30 days are eligible for study inclusion. Participants are allocated in a 1:1 ratio to two arms, stratified by site to assure balance at each geographical location. …”
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Student Manual Kabale University by Kabale University

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Estimation of inelastic skeletal storativity based on SAR-derived land subsidence and groundwater variation in Beijing Plain, China by Chenxia Li, Yanbing Wang, Jie Yu, Huili Gong, Xiaojuan Li, Xiyue Yang, Haowen Cheng, Xiaohuan Li, Kemiao Shao

“…Study focus: Over the past three decades, more than 2 billion m3 of groundwater have been pumped annually in the Beijing Plain, resulting in approximately 431 km2 of land subsidence of more than 50 mm annually. …”
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Traumatic Bladder Ruptures: A Ten-Year Review at a Level 1 Trauma Center by John Barnard, Tyler Overholt, Ali Hajiran, Chad Crigger, Morris Jessop, Jennifer Knight, Chad Morley

“…A retrospective review was performed on 34,413 blunt trauma cases to identify traumatic bladder ruptures over the past 10 years (January 2008–January 2018) at our tertiary care facility. …”
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Cognitive decline in relation to later-life high temperature exposure in a Chinese nationwide cohort by Yu-Qian Huang, Lian-Sheng Zhang, Ji-Xing Yang, Fang Wang, Ya-Qi Wang, Li-Feng Zhu, Yuan-Yuan Zhang, Bo-Ning Deng, Qian-Qian Xiang, Yun-Quan Zhang

“…Growing evidence has linked extreme temperature with neuropsychiatric disorders under climate warming with frequent extreme heat events over the past decades, while cognitive performance in relation to heat exposure remains largely unstudied, particularly in populations at high vulnerability to climate risks (e.g., China). …”
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SHoes for Adolescent PatEllofemoral pain: study protocol for the SHAPE Australian community-based, randomised clinical trial by Kim L Bennell, Kade L Paterson, Rana S Hinman, Jo-Anne Manski-Nankervis, Adam Bryant, Karen Elaine Lamb, Peixuan Li, Sam Shearer, Anurika P De Silva

“…The primary outcomes are the 3-month change in (1) severity of the worst knee pain experienced over the past week, measured using a Numerical Rating Scale, and (2) the function in sport and play subscale of the Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score for Children. …”
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Designing a Model for Credit Risk Assessment of Customers for Guarantees Issued by the Export Guarantee Fund of Iran via Artificial Neural Network Model by Farshid Ahmadi Sartakhti, Kambiz Hojabr Kiani, Seyed Shamsoddin Hoseini, Abbas Memarnejad

“…Being the exclusive official export credit insurance entity in Iran, it operates under complete government ownership, shouldering all obligations associated with the fund's coverage. Over the past decade, the Export Guarantee Fund of Iran, the sole provider of export guarantees in the Iranian economy, has undertaken the risk amounting to approximately $15.8 billion through the issuance of diverse guarantees and insurance policies. …”
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Current Enzooticity of <i>Dirofilaria immitis</i> and <i>Angiostrongylus vasorum</i> in Central and Southern Italy by Donato Traversa, Simone Morelli, Angela Di Cesare, Chiara Astuti, Alessandra Barlaam, Mariasole Colombo, Fabrizia Veronesi, Barbara Paoletti, Raffaella Iorio, Raffaella Maggi, Alessandra Passarelli, Alessia Pede, Linda Rossi, Manuela Diaferia

“…., <i>D. repens</i> and <i>C. aerophila</i>) that are more frequently detected today than in the past. A high level of vigilance and routine parasitological screening are necessary, considering the high prevalence of intestinal parasites in owned dogs that are also co-infected by respiratory parasites. …”
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Predictors of Colorectal Cancer Screening and Screening Modalities among Patients seen at Federally Qualified Health Centers Funded by the United States Health Resources and Servic... by Megan R.M. Aaronson, Nadereh Pourat, Connie Lu, Jayraan Badiee, Helen Yu-Lefler, Benjamin Picillo, Hank Hoang, Folasade P. May

“…Selected factors associated with any CRC screening included having five or more health center visits in the past year (aOR = 1.66, 95 %CI = 1.07–2.56), being insured (Medicaid aOR = 2.25, 95 %CI = 1.44–3.54; other insurance aOR = 2.69, 95 %CI = 1.51–4.82), living within 30  minutes of the health center (aOR = 1.93, 95 %CI = 1.15–3.25), having multiple comorbidities (aOR = 1.72, 95 %CI = 1.13–2.63), using telehealth (aOR = 1.52, 95 %CI = 1.02–2.27), and having a flu shot last year (aOR = 1.77, 95 %CI = 1.29–2.45). …”
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Perceived healthiness of sugary drinks and related social norms among adults in five countries: evidence from the International Food Policy Study by Virginie Drolet-Labelle, Christine M. White, Jean Adams, Sharon I. Kirkpatrick, Alejandra Jáuregui, Lilia S. Pedraza, Véronique Provencher, Gary Sacks, James F. Thrasher, Gabriela C. Armendariz, Simón Barquera, David Hammond, Lana Vanderlee

“…The 24-item Beverage Frequency Questionnaire was used to estimate beverage intake in the past 7 days. Logistic regression models examined trends over time in odds of perceiving each beverage type as unhealthy and agreeing with social norms discouraging sugary drink consumption, across countries and sociodemographic characteristics. …”
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Reflecting on partnerships established and sustained over four cycles of a federally funded cancer prevention and control research program: lessons learned for community-academic n... by Swann Arp Adams, Swann Arp Adams, Lauren Workman, Lauren Workman, Mayank Sakhuja, Brooks Yelton, Karen E. Wickersham, Ciaran Fairman, Jan Eberth, Sue Heiney, James R. Hebert, James R. Hebert, Jaron H. King, Freda Allyson Hucek, Lauren Schaurer, Daniela B. Friedman

“…As community-based participatory research is a core value of our center, we examined the development and continued engagement of our community partners using a qualitative, inductive approach to identify emergent themes from focus group sessions with current and past investigators.ResultsSeveral key themes were identified from our analysis including long-term commitment to community partnerships and interconnectedness with other work, authentic approach, valuing our community as experts, and mutual benefits.DiscussionWith our results, we provide evidence of common community-based participatory research (CBPR) principles which have supported the sustained engagement with those racial minorities who are most vulnerable in our community. …”
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ارزیابی تأثیر عملیات پیتینگ بر بهبود شرایط خاک و تنوع پوشش گیاهی by بنفشه یثربی, مهری دیناروند

“…به‌منظور مقایسه پوشش گیاهی مستقر در پیتینگ‌‌ها و مناطق شاهد علاوه‌بر میزان تاج پوشش و تراکم گونه‌‌ها شاخص‌‌های غیرپارامتریک غنا و تنوع پوشش گیاهی با استفاده از نرم‌افزار Past محاسبه شدند. برای بررسی تأثیر احداث پیتینگ‌‌ها بر خاک منطقه در مجموع 60 نمونه خاک از مناطق اجرای پیتینگ و شاهد در سه عمق 30-0، 60 -30 و 60 تا 90 سانتی‌متر نمونه‌‌برداری و از نمونه‌‌ها کربن آلی، شوری و رطوبت در آزمایشگاه اندازه‌گیری شد. …”
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The Metempiricism of Margins: Professor Anthony Aṣiwaju and the Circumference of Knowledge by Toyin Falola

“… Professor Anthony Aṣiwaju has written his memoir, Bridging Boundaries, to commemorate his 80th birthday, thus giving us a treasure to behold, a legacy to cherish, and a history to keep. This is about his past, from humble beginnings to a remarkable career; about the educational system of Nigeria, in particular, the discipline of History; and about the crucial interconnectivity between ideas and practical policies. …”
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Renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system activation in plasma as marker for prognosis in critically ill patients with COVID-19: a prospective exploratory study by Katharina Krenn, Felix Kraft, Luana Mandroiu, Verena Tretter, Roman Reindl-Schwaighofer, Theresa Clement, Oliver Domenig, Matthias G. Vossen, Gregor Riemann, Marko Poglitsch, Roman Ullrich

“…Abstract Background Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) associated with coronavirus infectious disease (COVID)-19 has been a challenge in intensive care medicine for the past three years. Dysregulation of the renin–angiotensin system (RAS) is linked to COVID-19, but also to non-COVID-19 ARDS. …”
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Perspectives and experiences regarding pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in a community sample of Veterans with unhealthy alcohol use: overall and across sexual orientation and gende... by Olivia V. Fletcher, Kristine Beaver, Elizabeth J. Austin, Jenna van Draanen, E. Jennifer Edelman, Emily C. Williams

“…Similar patterns were observed for severe unhealthy alcohol use and past-year frequent heavy episodic drinking. Generally, sexual/gender minoritized Veterans with unhealthy alcohol use reported more PrEP-affirming responses than those without but associations with unhealthy alcohol use were similar. …”
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A Comprehensive Resource for Exploring Antiphage Defense: DefenseFinder Webservice,Wiki and Databases by Tesson, Florian, Planel, Rémi, Egorov, Artyom A, Georjon, Héloïse, Vaysset, Hugo, Brancotte, Bryan, Néron, Bertrand, Mordret, Ernest, Atkinson, Gemma Catherine, Bernheim, Aude, Cury, Jean

“…The initial release of DefenseFinder v1.0.0 included 60 systems. Over the past three years, the number of antiphage systems incorporated into DefenseFinder has grown to 152. …”
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Analysis of the relevant factors for corneal graft rejection in the southern Liaoning region from 2019 to 2023 by Chunxiao Yan, Chunxiao Yan, Zhijian Zhang, Zhijian Zhang, Lin Jin, Mengxin Liu, Tianyi Wang, Tianyi Wang, Jinghao Yang, Jinghao Yang, Lijun Zhang, Lijun Zhang, Lijun Zhang

“…Viral infections (p &lt; 0.001, OR = 16.871) were the major risk factor for preoperative corneal neovascularization (CNV) compared to other etiologies, such as fungal infections (p &lt; 0.001, OR = 0.018), mechanical ocular trauma (p &lt; 0.001, OR = 0.034), immune keratitis (p = 0.023, OR = 0.152), and endothelial dysfunction (p &lt; 0.001, OR = 0.054).ConclusionInfectious keratitis was identified as the major cause of corneal blindness in the southern Liaoning region over the past 5 years. Penetrating keratoplasty and preoperative corneal vascularization were the risk factors for corneal graft rejection. …”
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Surface processes and drivers of the snow water stable isotopic composition at Dome C, East Antarctica – a multi-dataset and modelling analysis by I. Ollivier, I. Ollivier, H. C. Steen-Larsen, B. Stenni, L. Arnaud, M. Casado, A. Cauquoin, G. Dreossi, C. Genthon, B. Minster, G. Picard, M. Werner, A. Landais

“…<p>Water stable isotope records in polar ice cores have been largely used to reconstruct past local temperatures and other climatic information such as evaporative source region conditions of the precipitation reaching the ice core sites. …”
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Monocyte and Macrophage in Follicular Liquid: Predictive Markers of Embryo Quality in Women with Obesity and Infertility by Evgeny D. Merkulov, Anastasia V. Prozorova, Iuliia G. Samoilova, Dmitry A. Svarovsky, Kira A. Sidorenkova, Liudmila V. Spirina, Marina N. Stakheeva, Oxana S. Timofeeva, Ilya A. Petrov

“…Background: Over the past five years, the pregnancy rate in assisted reproductive technology (ART) programs in Russia has remained relatively stable. …”
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